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The Great Lakes Basin is under severe ecological threat from fracking, bursting pipelines, sulfide mining, abandonment of government environmental regulation, invasive species, warming and lowering ……続きを見る

'A wonderfully fluent account of how the strange magic of water and the beings that inhabit it can enchant and intoxicate' Chris Yates Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt ……続きを見る

'I found myself turning the pages with an inward leap of joy' - Isabella Tree *WINNER of the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing* *Shortlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Conse……続きを見る

Located within the field of environmental humanities, this volume engages with one of the most pressing contemporary environmental challenges of our time: how can we shift our understanding and real……続きを見る

Los ensayos presentes en Drenajes conforman una intrincada red por la que diversos flujos narrativos cuentan, desde múltiples perspectivas y tratamientos, la historia del agua en la cuenca del Valle……続きを見る

"Gow has a fire in his belly. We need more like him."ーBBC Wildlife magazine "[Gow is] a wonderful storyteller, wisely allowing his animals (and considerable bedlam) to take center stage. His storie……続きを見る

Jean-Henri Fabre's 'The Life of the Caterpillar' is a captivating exploration of the natural world's smaller inhabitants, focusing on the lifecycle of a seemingly insignificant creature in a beautif……続きを見る

This book offers a comprehensive account of the current state of inland waters in tropical and subtropical East Asia, exploring a series of case studies of freshwater fish, reptiles, amphibians, bir……続きを見る

Meg, a cachorrinha rafeira, resolveu fazer um passeio pela Lagoa da Pampulha e no caminho encontrou muitos bichos interessantes, até um pernilongo que não é inseto! Acredita? Quer conhecer? Então, v……続きを見る

Rivers, canals and many glorious waterways are championed and admired at every opportunity. Sadly, not so the humble ditch; yet they are the all-important capillaries supplying the veins of our far ……続きを見る

“Lakes is my favorite kind of natural history: meticulously researched, timely, comprehensive, and written with imagination and verve.”ーJerry Dennis, author of The Living Great Lakes Lakes might be……続きを見る

2022 NAUTILUS SILVER WINNER FOR LYRIC PROSEーIn The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in the Great Lakes, Lynne Heasley illuminates an underwater world that, despite a ferocious industri……続きを見る

Every Wisconsin waterway has a story, from the Great Lakes and the Mighty Mississippi to thousands of interior lakes, rivers, and trout streams. Wisconsin Waters takes readers on an epic tour of the……続きを見る

This is the first book of its kind to bring forward the rich tradition of wild rice in Michigan and its importance to the Anishinaabek people who live there. Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Mich……続きを見る

America has more than 130,000 lakes of significant size. Ninety percent of all Americans live within fifty miles of a lake, and our 1.8 billion trips to watery places make them our top vacation choi……続きを見る

'A beautiful, brilliantly written book on grief, self-discovery and swimming' EMMA GANNON 'Immersive and compelling' CATHY RENTZENBRINK *SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023* In a bid to fill t……続きを見る

Winner of the John Burroughs Medal Bayou D’Arbonne Swamp addresses the vibrant natural, cultural, and social history of a north Louisiana swamp. Kelby Ouchley grew up near Bayou D’Arbonne Swamp, and……続きを見る

Paddling a canoe into sunrise on the longest day of the year... watching a child take her first kayak ride with her father... gazing at a bald eagle, riding air currents high above the lake... chuck……続きを見る

The Great Lakesーcontaining one-fifth of the standing freshwater on earth, covering some 94,250 square miles with a combined 10,210 miles of shorelineーhave suffered greatly from human use and abuse……続きを見る

In this book, detailed information has been given about our oceans, rivers, and lakes, and a brief description of life-giving trees has been given. After reading this book and understanding the role……続きを見る

The third full-length collection from physician and poet Jenna Le blends traditional form and the current moment. In Manatee Lagoon, sonnets, ghazals, pantoums, villanelles, and a “failed georgic” w……続きを見る

The streams, lakes, rivers, and oceansーin these waters, I was shaped. My name is Andrew. I grew up in Rochester, Minnesota, exploring the waterways of my youth. It wasn't until survival and combat ……続きを見る

In the earliest days of the United States as settlers made their way west and into what would eventually become Kentucky, they were faced with many challenges in the task of surveying and claiming n……続きを見る

Este libro aborda el marco histórico desde el cual se va generando la hidrología como una ciencia, que luego se enfoca hacia la ingeniería forestal; asimismo, se el proceso de precipitación y cómo s……続きを見る

This tiny record of a historical event in our history is what Fish Culture in Yellowstone National Park is all about. Frank H. Tainter's father, uncles, and grandfather; all worked on fish culture d……続きを見る

Goldfischhaltung - Ratgeber zu Goldfischen im Teich oder Aquarium Goldfische kaufen, halten, züchten, drinnen oder draußen - Infos zu Haltung, Umgebung, Krankheiten und Ernährung Goldfischhaltung wi……続きを見る

The Everglades is an environment like no other, spanning from coast to coast across South Florida. With unique creatures like the American Alligator to beautiful birds such as the Great Blue Herons,……続きを見る

Alfred Edmund Brehm's 'Het Leven der Dieren: De Wormen' is a meticulous exploration of the world of worms, written in a scientific yet engaging style. Brehm delves into the intricacies of worm behav……続きを見る

Austrian naturalist Viktor Schauberger (1885-1958) was far ahead of his time. From his unusually detailed observations of the natural world, he pioneered a completely new understanding of how nature……続きを見る

Say ʻalgaeʼ and most people think of pond scum. What they donʼt know is that without algae, none of us would exist. There are as many algae on earth as stars in the universe, and they have been esse……続きを見る